SÜSSMAYER, Franz Xaver

SÜSSMAYER (Franz Xaver). Austrian comp. and cond., Steyer, 1766. S. under Salieri and Mozart. Cond. of the Kärnthnerthor Court Theatre, Vienna, 1795. Vienna, Sept. 17, 1803. Comp. Moses, 1792; Der Spiegel von Arkadien, 1794; Die edle Rache, 1795; Der Wildfang, 1797; Soliman der Zweite, 1799, and other operas. He is chiefly remembered as the friend and last companion of Mozart, whose death-bed he attended, and for his share in completing that composer’s requiem.